Research Article

The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students

Volume: 8 Number: 1 March 26, 2018
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The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students

Abstract

Objective: Emotional literacy is the ability of individuals to recognize, understand and respond to the feelings of their own and others’ in a healthy way. It is important that midwives are professionals who recognize and manage their feelings, cope effectively with their problems, and have meaningful relationships with their environment so that they can be able to recognize and be sensitive to the emotional needs of the individual they provide care. This research was conducted to determine the relationship between emotional literacy levels and communication skills of midwifery students.

Materials and Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 646 students who accepted to participate in the study and who were studying in the midwifery department of three universities in Sivas (40.7%), Malatya (29.3%) and Tokat (30.9%). The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Emotional Literacy Scale (ELS) and the Communication Skills Scale (CSS). Percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation, one-way variance analysis and Pearson correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data.

Results: The average age of the students was 20.4±1.65. At the end of the research, it was found that the average ELS score of the students was 122.8±25.98 (moderate) and total CSS score was 102.7±13.09 (high level). There was a significant positive correlation (r=0.532; p=0.000) between the total scores of the ELS and the CSS.

Conclusion: Emotional literacy levels of students are moderate, their communication skills are high, and their communication skills increase as emotional literacy levels increase. The creation of programs to improve the emotional literacy of midwife candidates is important to educate midwives who can recognize and manage their own and others' feelings, who can emphatize and have strong communicational skills in the future.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Büşra Cesur *
CUMHURİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ
0000-0002-2813-7733
Türkiye

Şükran Ertekin Pınar
CUMHURİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye

Z. Burcu Yurtsal This is me
CUMHURİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye

Özlem Duran Aksoy
CUMHURİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ

Tuba Uçar
İNÖNÜ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye

Zümrüt Yılar Erkek This is me
GAZİOSMANPAŞA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 26, 2018

Submission Date

January 23, 2018

Acceptance Date

March 5, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 8 Number: 1

APA
Cesur, B., Ertekin Pınar, Ş., Yurtsal, Z. B., Duran Aksoy, Ö., Uçar, T., & Yılar Erkek, Z. (2018). The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students. Sakarya Medical Journal, 8(1), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.382539
AMA
1.Cesur B, Ertekin Pınar Ş, Yurtsal ZB, Duran Aksoy Ö, Uçar T, Yılar Erkek Z. The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students. Sakarya Medical Journal. 2018;8(1):108-116. doi:10.31832/smj.382539
Chicago
Cesur, Büşra, Şükran Ertekin Pınar, Z. Burcu Yurtsal, Özlem Duran Aksoy, Tuba Uçar, and Zümrüt Yılar Erkek. 2018. “The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students”. Sakarya Medical Journal 8 (1): 108-16. https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.382539.
EndNote
Cesur B, Ertekin Pınar Ş, Yurtsal ZB, Duran Aksoy Ö, Uçar T, Yılar Erkek Z (March 1, 2018) The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students. Sakarya Medical Journal 8 1 108–116.
IEEE
[1]B. Cesur, Ş. Ertekin Pınar, Z. B. Yurtsal, Ö. Duran Aksoy, T. Uçar, and Z. Yılar Erkek, “The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students”, Sakarya Medical Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 108–116, Mar. 2018, doi: 10.31832/smj.382539.
ISNAD
Cesur, Büşra - Ertekin Pınar, Şükran - Yurtsal, Z. Burcu - Duran Aksoy, Özlem - Uçar, Tuba - Yılar Erkek, Zümrüt. “The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students”. Sakarya Medical Journal 8/1 (March 1, 2018): 108-116. https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.382539.
JAMA
1.Cesur B, Ertekin Pınar Ş, Yurtsal ZB, Duran Aksoy Ö, Uçar T, Yılar Erkek Z. The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students. Sakarya Medical Journal. 2018;8:108–116.
MLA
Cesur, Büşra, et al. “The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students”. Sakarya Medical Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, Mar. 2018, pp. 108-16, doi:10.31832/smj.382539.
Vancouver
1.Büşra Cesur, Şükran Ertekin Pınar, Z. Burcu Yurtsal, Özlem Duran Aksoy, Tuba Uçar, Zümrüt Yılar Erkek. The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students. Sakarya Medical Journal. 2018 Mar. 1;8(1):108-16. doi:10.31832/smj.382539

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